When we think about Arab literature, we tend to imagine fabulous texts full of mythological beings, with djinns, genies and princesses. Classics such as A Thousand and One Nights are the first things we think of when we want to define the non-realist tradition from the Maghreb to the Near East, without going any farther. However, the fantasy genres of the Arab and Islamic worlds have always been much more than that, and we can trace a common thread that takes us from classic texts that we all know to more modern stories, such as the award-winning and influential 2084: The End of the World, by the Algerian author Boualem Sansal. Playing with both symbolic dates, in a unique opportunity that finally opens the 42 up to the entire Mediterranean, two established Catalan writers who are familiar with these traditions will be speaking about them, namely: Saïd El Kadaoui and Youssef El Maimouni. They will help us to learn more about the links and connection between Arab and European traditions and we can seek similarities, differences and influences there.